IFAD / GUATEMALA WOMEN
07-Mar-2022
00:03:33
Digital technology and homeworking are helping rural women in Guatemala rebuild and adapt after COVID. The women who live in one of the most remote regions of the country are now able to connect with the outside world using tablets funded by the United Nations. IFAD
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STORY: IFAD / GUATEMALA WOMEN
TRT: 3:33
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGO UNTIL 0001 GMT TUESDAY 8TH MARCH 2022
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 DECEMBER 2021, PAMAXÁN, SAN JUAN COTZAL, QUICHÉ, GUATEMALA
TRT: 3:33
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGO UNTIL 0001 GMT TUESDAY 8TH MARCH 2022
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 DECEMBER 2021, PAMAXÁN, SAN JUAN COTZAL, QUICHÉ, GUATEMALA
SHOTLIST
1. Various shots, Juana Morales operating her weaving loom front view
2. Wide shot, Juana Morales with her husband and children
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“Well, life is hard because we earn just a small salary. So we struggle, it’s hard for us, but we do try to find a way to eat and have something to give to our children. The truth is that it’s hard to find here, there’s no market to go and buy things.”
4. Aerial shots, remote village of : Pamaxán,.San Juan Cotzal, Quiché, Guatemala where she lives
5. Wide shot, Juana walking out of her property
6. Wide shot, meeting with another woman who is in her co-operative
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“We don’t have electricity. We pay for transportation, because we don’t have a car. We have to pay a fare just to get the basic things we need in the kitchen.”
8. Wide shot, Juana walking with her friend.
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“It affected us because we couldn’t go to buy things. We couldn’t work because we had to stay indoors.”
10. Aerial shots, region
11. Wide shot, Juana’s feet working the loom
12. Wide shot, Juana front shot operating the loom
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“I had the desire to buy one before, but never the money to do it. That’s when we heard about this institution that granted loans. That’s when we got involved.”
14. Wide shot, Juana using the tablet that was given to her for banking
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“What we like about the tablet is that it records all of our savings. – our loans too, it’s all there.”
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ndaya Beltchika, Gender Specialist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“Well actually because of covid the project in guatemala was there to provide access to digital technologies so then for the persons like juana not being able to work outside the homes, they had access to information , access to their banks for the loans as well access to potential consumers to actually sell her products. So the digital technology was able to open windows and new markets for her to continue to earn an income, even if now she was working from home, so it really opens up her world.”
17. Wide shot, Juana and the other women using the Tablet
18. Close up, Juana c/u hands using the loom
19. Wide shot, Juana w/s using loom
20. Wide shot, Juana with person from the bank showing her how to use the Tablet
21. Wide shot, other women in Juana’s weaving group who also use the Tablet
2. Wide shot, Juana Morales with her husband and children
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“Well, life is hard because we earn just a small salary. So we struggle, it’s hard for us, but we do try to find a way to eat and have something to give to our children. The truth is that it’s hard to find here, there’s no market to go and buy things.”
4. Aerial shots, remote village of : Pamaxán,.San Juan Cotzal, Quiché, Guatemala where she lives
5. Wide shot, Juana walking out of her property
6. Wide shot, meeting with another woman who is in her co-operative
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“We don’t have electricity. We pay for transportation, because we don’t have a car. We have to pay a fare just to get the basic things we need in the kitchen.”
8. Wide shot, Juana walking with her friend.
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“It affected us because we couldn’t go to buy things. We couldn’t work because we had to stay indoors.”
10. Aerial shots, region
11. Wide shot, Juana’s feet working the loom
12. Wide shot, Juana front shot operating the loom
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“I had the desire to buy one before, but never the money to do it. That’s when we heard about this institution that granted loans. That’s when we got involved.”
14. Wide shot, Juana using the tablet that was given to her for banking
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“What we like about the tablet is that it records all of our savings. – our loans too, it’s all there.”
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ndaya Beltchika, Gender Specialist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“Well actually because of covid the project in guatemala was there to provide access to digital technologies so then for the persons like juana not being able to work outside the homes, they had access to information , access to their banks for the loans as well access to potential consumers to actually sell her products. So the digital technology was able to open windows and new markets for her to continue to earn an income, even if now she was working from home, so it really opens up her world.”
17. Wide shot, Juana and the other women using the Tablet
18. Close up, Juana c/u hands using the loom
19. Wide shot, Juana w/s using loom
20. Wide shot, Juana with person from the bank showing her how to use the Tablet
21. Wide shot, other women in Juana’s weaving group who also use the Tablet
STORYLINE
Digital technology and homeworking are helping rural women in Guatemala rebuild and adapt after COVID. The women who live in one of the most remote regions of the country are now able to connect with the outside world using tablets funded by the United Nations.
Juana Morales and her family work long days making fabric to sell to local businesses.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“Well, life is hard because we earn just a small salary. So we struggle, it’s hard for us, but we do try to find a way to eat and have something to give to our children. The truth is that it’s hard to find here, there’s no market to go and buy things.”
Juana lives in the remote village of Paxaman in Guatemala. Catching the bus to work used to cost her half her daily salary.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“We don’t have electricity. We pay for transportation, because we don’t have a car. We have to pay a fare just to get the basic things we need in the kitchen.”
COVID 19 lockdowns meant that she was unable to go to work or buy essential supplies for her family.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“It affected us because we couldn’t go to buy things. We couldn’t work because we had to stay indoors.”
The lockdowns may have ended for now, but she is now able to work from home, thanks to a loan from her local savings bank Agros International. With it she was able to buy her own weaving loom.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“I had the desire to buy one before, but never the money to do it. That’s when we heard about this institution that granted loans. That’s when we got involved.”
Juana is the leader of her rural credit union group. She now has a tablet donated by IFAD on which her group's accounts are kept. Online banking means she can manage their finances from home.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“What we like about the tablet is that it records all of our savings. – our loans too, it’s all there.”
The project has so far helped 1500 rural women connect to online digital services and allowed many like Juana to carry out home working.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ndaya Beltchika, Gender Specialist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“Well actually because of covid the project in guatemala was there to provide access to digital technologies so then for the persons like juana not being able to work outside the homes, they had access to information , access to their banks for the loans as well access to potential consumers to actually sell her products. So the digital technology was able to open windows and new markets for her to continue to earn an income, even if now she was working from home, so it really opens up her world.”
Juana and her colleagues currently sell what they weave to a local wholesaler, but with their new tablet they plan to expand their fabric businesses to reach brand new customers.
Marking the International Women’s day, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), alongside its other UN Rome based agencies the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are celebrating and recognising the remarkable efforts of women at girls across the globe in shaping a more sustainable future, and in particular the achievements of women in building resilience after COVID.
Juana Morales and her family work long days making fabric to sell to local businesses.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“Well, life is hard because we earn just a small salary. So we struggle, it’s hard for us, but we do try to find a way to eat and have something to give to our children. The truth is that it’s hard to find here, there’s no market to go and buy things.”
Juana lives in the remote village of Paxaman in Guatemala. Catching the bus to work used to cost her half her daily salary.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“We don’t have electricity. We pay for transportation, because we don’t have a car. We have to pay a fare just to get the basic things we need in the kitchen.”
COVID 19 lockdowns meant that she was unable to go to work or buy essential supplies for her family.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“It affected us because we couldn’t go to buy things. We couldn’t work because we had to stay indoors.”
The lockdowns may have ended for now, but she is now able to work from home, thanks to a loan from her local savings bank Agros International. With it she was able to buy her own weaving loom.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“I had the desire to buy one before, but never the money to do it. That’s when we heard about this institution that granted loans. That’s when we got involved.”
Juana is the leader of her rural credit union group. She now has a tablet donated by IFAD on which her group's accounts are kept. Online banking means she can manage their finances from home.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juana Morales Rodríguez, Weaver:
“What we like about the tablet is that it records all of our savings. – our loans too, it’s all there.”
The project has so far helped 1500 rural women connect to online digital services and allowed many like Juana to carry out home working.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ndaya Beltchika, Gender Specialist, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“Well actually because of covid the project in guatemala was there to provide access to digital technologies so then for the persons like juana not being able to work outside the homes, they had access to information , access to their banks for the loans as well access to potential consumers to actually sell her products. So the digital technology was able to open windows and new markets for her to continue to earn an income, even if now she was working from home, so it really opens up her world.”
Juana and her colleagues currently sell what they weave to a local wholesaler, but with their new tablet they plan to expand their fabric businesses to reach brand new customers.
Marking the International Women’s day, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), alongside its other UN Rome based agencies the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are celebrating and recognising the remarkable efforts of women at girls across the globe in shaping a more sustainable future, and in particular the achievements of women in building resilience after COVID.
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